Alabama

FILE PHOTO -- Alabama State Troopers are investigating a Monday night accident which ultimately claimed the life of a 48-year-old Coaling woman whose car overturned when it left Highway 216 just outside Peterson, Ala.

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – A Tuscaloosa County woman has succumbed to injuries she sustained in a single-car accident Monday night, Alabama State Troopers said Wednesday.

Sgt. Steve Jarrett, a State Troopers spokesman, said 48-year-old Sherri Edwards was driving a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix on Highway 216 Monday night when her car left the roadway about a mile west of Peterson and overturned. Jarrett said the accident happened around 10:30 p.m.

Edwards died Tuesday as a result of the injuries she sustained in the accident, Jarrett said.

The accident is still being investigated by State Troopers and Jarrett did not release any further information.